colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?message-squaremessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square77linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekarashta@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoNortheast would be one of the 8 already. North by northeast is the direction between north and northeast
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI understand that. If we had a word for north east, let’s say “yest”, then I wouldn’t have to say “north by north east”, I could just say “north yest”.
Northeast would be one of the 8 already. North by northeast is the direction between north and northeast
I understand that. If we had a word for north east, let’s say “yest”, then I wouldn’t have to say “north by north east”, I could just say “north yest”.